Merry & Bright: Dustin Dugan

“We decorate the house, and I like it. I have to get it all out of the garage and do the outside lights. They come down about the first week of January. Well, the outside lights sometimes say all year long. For Christmas Eve, we have clam chowder. It’s just a tradition you don’t question. I like it. Homemade. My wife makes it. My parents are gone, but I have children. They give us a big list, and we hope to fulfill most of what they need. One of my daughters wanted a hoverboard. Next year they’ll be half price. The hardest to shop for his my son, 17. He buys too much stuff on his own all year so by Christmas he already has all he wants or needs. Women aren’t easy to shop for either though, but my wife tells me what she wants. I get it and wrap it, and she pretends to be surprised. She wanted a bottle holder and picture this year. We’ve been together 21 years.” –Dustin Dugan, 43